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Springfield Sun

Location

Springfield, Kentucky, United States of America

Date

Jul 15, 1908

Page

3

Pleasant Grove Visits and Local Social Notes

Mrs Glover and children from Kansas City and Messrs Campbell of Columbus visit Mrs S C Vanarsdale and parents in Pleasant Grove. Numerous relatives and visitors from Louisville Springfield Maud Perryville Collinsville Beside social calls, a ball game featuring The Married Men losing to The Boys 40 to 14.

Glover Kansas City John Will Campbell Columbus Ohio S. C. Vanarsdale A. G. Noe Mary Bruce Sarah Mitchell Perryville Hopper Lavenia O'Connor Bruce Mitchell I. P. Haynes Marshal, Mo Mabel Nannie Thompson Edgar Wilson Ed Litsey Tatham Springs Robert Thompson Grundy Home Alice Thompson Miss Blanton Boston Birch Hugh Noe Springfield C. K. Crawford Louisville J. J. Martin Adeline Cox Virgin Mr. Goatley Maud Ed Birch John Taylor J. F. Gregory Finch Lexington L. M. Gregory W. T. Leachman

Advertising opens fields of opportunity for business

If you are a business man consider how advertising expands your reach. People go where they know what they can buy and the price. Fulfill every promise to build trust and customer loyalty. Persistent ads in this paper cost less than you think. We can quote rates for the year’s business.

Local Visits Highlight Quiet Social Roundup

Aisville residents visited Mrs. Alice Thompson while Miss Mabel Thompson hosted Misses Bruce and Mitchell and Mr. Haynes. Mr. Arvin Noe returned to Columbus after a stay with relatives, and Miss Sue Eagerton came back from a week with the Tobin sisters in Texas.

Aisville Alice Thompson Mabel Thompson Bruce and Mitchell Haynes Arvin Noe Coumbus Ohio Sue Eagerton Tobin Texas

The Fiddler's Life Story Told by Frank L. Stanton

A reflective verse about a musician who travels far to seek music and love, finding solace in memories of home as angels listen. The poem imagines heaven returning his fiddle, with the speaker noting the lingering heavenly music and the musician’s final rest beyond the last river.

Frank L. Stanton

Hogs Ate Dynamite Near Shakertown

Harrodsburg Herald reports Mr. John Smith near Shakertown found his dynamite stash eaten by hogs after he stored it in a barn to blast stump work. The hogs consumed most of the explosives leaving only fuse and a partial charge, with Smith unsure why it did not detonate. He fears selling or consuming any remaining material and faces a financial loss from the mishap.

John Smith Shakertown

Trials Postponed in Depot Altercation Case

The Commonwealth prosecutions against Ham and John Hardesty and J D Bobbitt for a depot disturbance were called in police court Friday and continued to July 16 due to recovery needs. John Hardesty, shot, and Virgil Bobbitt, head injuries, are rapidly recovering.

Lebanon The Commonwealth Ham John Hardesty J. D Virgil Bobbitt Virgil Bobtitt

Publishers and The Tariff Debate in Republican Papers

A collection of Republican editorials across the United States urges immediate abolition of duties on wood pulp and print paper to lower costs for consumers, accusing free trade advocates of inconsistency and self interest. The piece critiques tariff reform positions as shifting toward naked protectionism and warns that Pennsylvania’s stance may constrict independent Republicans seeking honest tariff changes.

Cured Her Turkeys by Bourbon Poultry Cure

L G Botkin of Paris Kentucky reports his wife used Bourbon Poultry Cure on dying turkeys and it cured them. He praises it as the best remedy for fowls. Sold by all Springfield Sun druggists at 1.00 per year.

Paris Springfield Sun

Bryan Records Show Vigor in Campaigns of 1896 1900

The text states Bryan delivered 2,106 speeches in four months during the 1896 campaign, spoken 41 times in a single New York day, and in 1900 campaigned through Missouri and Kansas from 5 a.m. to midnight with little rest over nineteen hours. He traveled over 42,000 miles each campaign, meeting hundreds of thousands, and attributes health to good food, rest, abstaining from liquor and tobacco, and maintaining calm under pressure.

Bryan New York State Missouri Kansas

Tariff Reform Urged By Albany Argus In Brutal Finance Charge

The Albany Argus calls for tariff reform, arguing current prices defy supply and demand due to Republican tariff and privilege laws that shield monopolies. It attacks the Republican majority for draining the treasury and leaving wealth unused while workers face higher living costs.

Albany Argus Republican Party

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